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Welcome to the Fall 2014 Issue of Mediascape, “Adaptation.” The central theme of this issue led the contributors to consider the various ways that adaptation appears as both a formal, narrative, or aesthetic consideration, but also the impact it has on how we approach media as an audience, consumers, and participators.
The goal of this issue is to approach the definition and the relevance of adaptation with an open mind in order to investigate the different forms that it can take.Read More...

At the Mediascape Blog, we like to think the movie year ends with the Academy Awards. To mark this year’s Oscars, editors JM Olejarz, Matthias Stork, and Dan Gvozden present their Top 10 lists for 2014.

What is online film criticism good for? I ask this question earnestly. As the Mediascape Blog moves into its third year of operation, I want use the precedence of “grey literature” as one potential answer to the question of film … Continue reading →

Reese Witherspoon stars as Cheryl Strayed, who, following her mother’s death, the demise of her marriage, a brief foray into heroin, and an abortion, decides that she will spend three months hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. She initially plans to … Continue reading →